Exclusive: Yahoo Finally Set to Strike Alibaba Share Deal — Half Now, Then Half of What’s Left After Eventual IPO

Could the never-ending Yahoo-Alibaba deal finally be close to a handshake? Yes, indeedy.
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They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don’t They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a Much Stronger Board.

While many across the blogosphere — including some very clever tweets — called for the head of Scott Thompson tout de suite, that’s just not going to happen. At least for now. And here’s why.
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Byte Me: Yahoo Files More Patent Claims Against Facebook

Our long social patent fight is not over.
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ITC Gives Motorola Partial Victory in Apple Patent Fight

The U.S. International Trade Commission handed Motorola Mobility a partial victory in its patent battle with Apple today, ruling that the company’s iPhone and iPad do indeed infringe Motorola’s intellectual property.
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Updated S-1: Facebook’s Yearly Revenue Growth Up 45 Percent, But Down Six Percent From Last Quarter

Will the new results cause investors to worry?
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Here Are the 10 New Back-at-You Patent Exhibits in Facebook Versus Yahoo

For your patently enjoyable reading pleasure!
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Facebook Smacks Back at Yahoo With Patent Claims in Counter-Lawsuit

The other shoe in the Facebook-Yahoo patent fight just dropped.
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CEO Thompson Tells Yahoos “Real Change Is Coming” (It’s Exclusive Internal Memo Time!)

The new leader addresses the nervous troops: Once more unto the breach, dear possibly laid-off Yahoos, once more …
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Nobody Puts Dan Loeb in the Corner: Third Point Begins Proxy Bombing Yahoo in 3 … 2 … 1

And if you prefer to go all “Fatal Attraction” instead of “Dirty Dancing,” the activist shareholder is not going to be ignored!
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Oracle to Court: Let’s Try SAP Again